Abducted pvt firm GM rescued; three arrested

Police today rescued Murti Srinivas, general manager (GM) of contractor firm-PRS Construction and Exporters who was abducted on Wednesday by three bike-borne miscreants from near MESCO gate in Kalinganagar industrial area of Odisha’s Jajpur district.

Police apart from rescuing Srinivas, have arrested three persons including prime accused Allauddin in connection with the kidnapping, police sources said.

The other two arrested are Keshab Barik and Rabindra Palei, the sources added.

Srinivas was rescued from a house in Kochianandi village under Ghasipura police station limits of Keonjhar district following a raid on the house by a police team comprising of personnel from Kalinganagar and Jajpur Road police stations led by the district’s S P Anup Kumar Sahu.

Abductors of Srinivas had allegedly demanded Rs 45 lakh ransom for his release and had asked him to call up his family for the ransom.